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Marijuana grow operation discovered at Spencer apartment

SPENCER — Investigators raided a Spencer apartment Wednesday and found seven medium-size marijuana plants growing in a confined space. Two ...

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Altercation leaves two with injuries and two in county jail

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two people are charged with assaults after an altercation at a North ...

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Rowan County authorities charge two men in connection with Melanie Clark murder

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two men who authorities say used a debit card stolen from a ...

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Rowan DA to seek death penalty for Sandy Parsons in murder of his adoptive daughter

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook will seek the death penalty for Sandy Parsons ...

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Salisbury man accused of rape, kidnapping in jail under $1 million bond

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man remains in the Rowan County jail under a $1 million bond on charges that ...

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Blotter: Woman used 12-year-olds to help her steal from Walmart, police say

SALISBURY — A local woman used two children to help her steal items from Walmart and hide them in a ...

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Thieves strike Mid-Carolina Electric for copper

SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities say thieves have taken copper wire several times from Mid-Carolina Electric Inc. The ...

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Blotter: Two vehicles stolen, four more broken into at Holly Leaf Apartments

SALISBURY — Two vehicles were reported stolen and four others were broken into at Holly Leaf Apartments on Friday ...

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Two Salisbury men killed in shootings named as suspects in 2016 Charlotte murder

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two Salisbury men, one killed in a November 2016 officer-involved shooting, and ...

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Woman charged with robbing Ruscho on two separate occasions

SALISBURY — Authorities arrested a woman Thursday as a suspect in two robberies at the Rushco convenience store on ...

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Friends remember murder victim Melanie Clark

SALISBURY — In February 2010, Joshua Dimitri Clark — then 17 years old — was charged with stealing a ...

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Grandson charged in the murder of his 62-year-old grandmother

SALISBURY — A Davie County man was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of his grandmother, ...

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Blotter: North Carolina man wanted as fugitive from justice on California warrant

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police officers responded to a domestic incident Tuesday night at a ...

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Blotter: Man charged in February shooting after victim dropped off at ER

SALISBURY — A Salisbury teenager has been charged in the February shooting of a man who was dropped ...

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Salisbury Police Department: Local man charged with 2016 KFC armed robbery

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man has been identified as one of two armed robbers who walked into a ...

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Rowan detectives: Grandson charged in the murder of 62-year-old woman

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County sheriff’s detectives have charged Joshua Dimitri Clark with the weekend ...

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Blotter: Man charged with marijuana possession during traffic stop

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police charged a local man with possession of marijuana after a ...

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Curtis Trexler convicted of 2016 murder of grandmother, sentenced to 26 to 33 years in prison

SALISBURY — Curtis Wayne Trexler pleaded guilty Monday in the July 2016 murder of his 75-year-old grandmother, Joyce ...

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Four people were charged with breaking into Rockwell home

ROCKWELL — Rowan County authorities charged four people, two them teenagers, with breaking into a Rockwell home late ...

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Suspects wanted in Salisbury hotel robbery, linked to Thomasville robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police Department investigators are looking for two men who robbed the ...

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Police Blotter: Man arrested on Fisher Street after running from police

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man is facing multiple charges after police say he ran from officers and threw away ...

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China Grove Police investigating altercation in animal hospital’s parking lot

CHINA GROVE — Police here are investigating an altercation early Friday afternoon in the parking lot of South Rowan ...

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Police Blotter: March 23

SALISBURY — A 34-year-old Salisbury man was charged Wednesday with child abuse after police said he hit his ...

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Early-morning chase ends in high-speed accident

SALISBURY — Salisbury police officers were led on a high-speed chase Thursday morning by three suspects in vehicle ...

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Salisbury man charged with having crystal meth during traffic stop

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged with having crystal meth after an early-morning traffic stop ...

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China Grove man sentenced to prison for trying to entice 11-year-old on Internet

CHARLOTTE – Shawn Steven Wilson, 33, of China Grove, was sentenced Wednesday to 142 months in prison for enticement ...

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Blotter: Vehicle stopped on interstate; driver charged with marijuana possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One person was charged with drug offenses and another one cited after ...

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Blotter: Teen sets fire to junk vehicle

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 14-year-old was accused with setting fire to a van parked at a neighbor’s home, according ...

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